Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-07
HIS HOME LIFE.
The Generals Devotion to His Family
Logan q Poor Man.
from tho Chicago Daily News. I


from tho Chicago Daily Newsl
Gen. Losans home life was. always attractive
and his politionl campaigns were conducted
from the family circle His wife and his daugh-
ter. to whom he was always devoted and toward
whom he always showed tho most aHectionate
demonstrations. were his confdantes In political
matters, aud always participated actively in
bis campaigns, For fifteen years. and until
he purchased his new home on Columbia
He he a y lived in the same board
same rooms coolest parlor and bedroom
OF q syndicate Interested in suburban property,
who gave him n price much less than it was
worth, as they knew that bis residence there
He gave his notes for $4,000, payable in five
annual instali,nents, and borrowed $1,000
from Don Cameron to makesthe cash payment
The house is fully worth 5000 and perhaps
more. tss&8WF
The General was always poor He was never
successful in business enterprises, and has
lived On his salary His honesty in Legislative
/ in Washington who dared approach him. When
the bill to distribute the remainder of the
Geneva award was pending in the Senate. Gen
one of tho attorneys for them went
to his rooms to talk on the subject.
md when the man asked to sec him In private
u few moments, ne flew into II passion and or
dered him out of tho rooms. There were ru.
offered to the supporters of the bill ana tho
General supposed that tie man hnd como to
make some proposition to him. Whether it
was true or not, he resented the suspicion by
opposing the bill that he was inclined to favor.
He once no! roW1y escaped riches. Some years
ago John L. Routt formerly of Illinois, but now
Of o. C (. cene to Washington to raise money
OF LeaS; General Logan subscribed for
some of tie stock, and paid u small assessment
The o. tlook was unfnvoraUle, and whom the sec.
ond assessment was made on the stockholders,
shares to Routt. Within a few months
rich lead was discovered and the stock sprang
from less than nothing to away above par II
made big divid6nds. and was finally sold ut IN
enormous figure Routt and all those interested
with him were made RICH but Logan got only
his original Investment. which was refunded to
him. 3I$&
officer n the army, and John A. Logan, Jr, his
only 9th. r living child, is in the real estate
business in this city. He is expecting soon to
be married to daughter Of Cbauncey An
drews, of YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, one Of the wealthi-
est men in that sstates
He leaves no property worth speaking of,
His lesidencs i'll Chicago is mortgaged for its
full value, and the little property he has in
Southern Illinois, and On which h sunk some
money in pros ecting for coal. ia c. mparatively
worthless. 5k
Gen Logan never held any ofico to which
he was not elected by the people. He has
almost continuously been in Office since he
became Il age, being appointed County Clerk
when only o. After the war he was offered the
Mex,cnn mission by Andrew Johnson. He was
offered the Rrnzili1 and Austrian missions by
Hayes Vt er his defeat for the Senate III 1877.
Afterw I'd Hayes YOU'D have made him Col
that osition also When Hayes was inaug-
urated he was u cans idato fer the Office of See
retary of W,r, and also sought q similar posi-.
dion in Garfsld's Cabinet.